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...championship contest was purely a pitchers' duel as Cornell right-hander John Geise matched Kelly by holding Harvard to only six hits through seven innings. But back-to-back hits by Dan DeMichele and Pete Varney and an error by second baseman Bob Witkoski cost the Big Red the game...
Geise and Kelly were in control of the opening innings and through three frames, only 20 batters went to the plate. Harvard threatened brieflyin the first when fielder Jim Pilky dropped a DeMichele fly ball for a double. But Geise got out of trouble when Varney flew out to deep left-center...
Harvard was ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the fifth when the Crimson's Roz Brayton coaxed a walk. After Vince McGugan forced Brayton. Dave Ignacio drew another walk to put McGugan in scoring position. One out later. Pete Varney lashed a liner down the third base line, and the fun began...
...ball might have been foul by inches, but the plate umpire signaled fair. Three UMass infielders began jumping and screaming as McGugan scored. They kept it up as Varney lumbered toward second base. The UMass second baseman recovered to take the throw in and appeared to tag Varney out by three feet. The second-base umpire called Varney safe and the UMass bench erupted...
...ninth inning, and five Harvard reserves were in the field. Three batters later DeMichele yelled. "We're only one out away from GBL ?ame." Varney and Bill Kelly hugged each other...